Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-dzjwaj

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-dzyway (Matisoff, STEDT); *m-jway (Matisoff, 1985)

Chinese 齒 / 齿 (chǐ), listed by Matisoff (STEDT) as a reflex, is probably not related. Other roots for "tooth": *s/p-wa, *d-ŋa.

Noun

*m-dzjwaj

  1. tooth, tusk

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: མཆེ་བ (mche ba, “canine tooth, fang, tusk”)
  • Tangut-Qiang
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Written Burmese: စွယ် (cwai, “fang, tooth, tusk”)
      • Loloish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꎐ (rry, “tooth”) (> ꎐꂷ (rry ma, “tooth”))
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